What Does Deuteronomy 18:3 Mean?

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“due”

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind

“And this shall be the priest's”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“from the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“from them that offer”

to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)

“a sacrifice”

properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“whether it be ox”

a bullock (as a traveller)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“or sheep”

a member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat

“and they shall give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“And this shall be the priest's”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

“the shoulder”

the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force

“and the two cheeks”

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

“and the maw”

the paunch (as a cavity) or first stomach of ruminants